My MY00 S2K is coming up on 20 years and i want to do some preventive maintenance. The car is a garage queen with about 27k. I am maintenance OCD meaning all the fluid changes are up to date. What other parts should i replace because of age?

1. I am thinking of replacing all the rubber lines in the engine bay as they must be getting hard by now? Does anyone know if i order all the rubber lines within these 2 diagrams, i have covered all the lines?

- https://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com...engine--tubing
- https://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com...ne--water-hose

2. I have seen people replacing knock sensors, required?

Anything else?

Thanks.

 

Check your compliance bushings and also the clutch slave cylinder rubber boot for lack of the correct therm. Those could be pretty worn with age.


Also maybe refresh your shifter grease and the insulation foam. Majestic is pretty cheap on those parts.

I did mine and I will always recommend the plastic bottom "ball" and cup. Honda Urea Grease just smells like death.

Before you do any seals I would clean them good with some warm white vinegar and blue Dawn dish soap in a spray bottle. Let them dry then use some Shin Etsy grease to see if they come back to life. My door seals soaked up a ton of them.

 

Take a look at your engine mounts. I wonder if they are cracked with age. Good time to get them while they are still available.

 

poor car, needs to be driven more

 

I'm sure everything under the hood is fine. Mine sure is (MY00).

But if you're doing this just to do it...then just do it.

Make sure you do it properly, however. Improper maintenance and labour can cause more issues than just leaving it alone.

 

Does the rubber lines feel hard? If not you are probably better of just leaving them alone.
Just for reference, my Mitsubishi from 1988 still has great looking rubber lines.
Do you really call them lines by the way? Hose seems like a better word to me.

 

Thank you for all the suggestions. I do agree with "don't fix what ain't broken" but rubber does age with time, just like tires. I just don't want to blow a coolant line and be stranded on the side of the road during a weekend drive. Another thing is that I am located in Canada and our weather is fairly extreme. My car is stored in my garage over the winter but -15C temp in my garage is not uncommon. I think rubber deteriorate quicker under these conditions. I will take a closer look at the condition of the rubber and evaluate.

Thanks again.

 

My Honda OEM coolant hoses are still working just fine at 193,780 miles, I think you're fine.

Maybe swap coolant, but you can test this by putting a volt meter in the coolant and see if there's voltage. If it reads 0 volts, leave it be.

 

The brake fluid should be swapped over time but many people rarely do that and leave it in for too long. I'd suggest putting in stainless brake lines and then swapping out the fluid at the same times.

 

A new MAP sensor a couple years ago really smoothed out my early-'00 engine's behavior. There was anything "wrong" other than a *VERY* rare and mild misfire, but I found the new MAP not only cured that, but also improved every aspect of engine response, especially initial tip-in and part-throttle modulation. (There's a membrane in there that I speculate just gets a little "brittle" over time, causing sudden/sharp changes in the signal even when the throttle is moving smoothly.) For about 80 bucks, it's been one of my favorite "maintenance" expenses.